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The nurse has given instructions on pursed-lip breathing to a client with COPD. Which statement by the client would indicate effective teaching?

“I should inhale through my mouth.”“I should tighten my abdominal muscles with inhalation.”“I should contract my abdominal muscles with exhalation.”“I should make inhalation twice as long as exhalation.”

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ExplanationContracting the abdominal muscles with exhalation is the proper technique for pursed-lip breathing. Answers A, B, and D are all incorrect techniques. The goal is to increase the exhalation phase.

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